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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 58 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
HALMES from Bütgenbach, company number BE0451911617, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -17,123 after tax. For that financial year HALMES recorded a gross margin of € 2.8 million and equity of € 158,770. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 53,912 to € -17,123. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 30, 2026.
€ 158,770
▼ 10% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -17,123
▼ still € 53,912 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 216,684
▼ 52% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 68,884.
People and assets in 2025
59.2
▼ 4.4 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 2.5 million
▼ 6% vs 2024
€ 43,000 per full-time equivalent. Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 103,917
▼ 41% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 58,340.
Debts at end 2025
€ 239,396
▼ 39% vs 2024
€ 60,490 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.
€ 171,617
▼ 13% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 425,143
▼ 13% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 2,904,531 | € 3,063,219 | € 3,176,226 | € 2,839,841 | ▼ 11% |
| Profit after taxes | € -112,508 | € -70,353 | € 53,912 | € -17,123 | ▼ € 71,035 |
| Equity | € 214,255 | € 143,261 | € 176,533 | € 158,770 | ▼ 10% |
| Total debts | € 1,729,219 | € 1,546,541 | € 1,257,658 | € 976,598 | ▼ 22% |
| Cash | € 609,451 | € 523,193 | € 449,290 | € 216,684 | ▼ 52% |
| Land & buildings | € 282,474 | € 249,563 | € 216,652 | € 184,851 | ▼ 15% |
| Retained profit | € 122,449 | € 52,095 | € 86,007 | € 68,884 | ▼ 20% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 20,000 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Bank debt | € 713,514 | € 530,506 | € 391,927 | € 239,396 | ▼ 39% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,945,217 | € 1,691,118 | € 1,435,080 | € 1,135,830 | ▼ 21% |
| Employees (FTE) | 61.3 | 63.4 | 63.6 | 59.2 | ▼ 4.4 |
Key figures of HALMES, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 31 July 2027.
What happened to HALMES?
What happened at HALMES in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Evelyne Dahmen stepped down as director. NBB
- Luc Halmes stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 17,123 (▼ € 71,035 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Evelyne Dahmen became a director. NBB
- Luc Halmes became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Sankt Vith. KBO
- New establishment in Malmedy. KBO
- New establishment in Amel. KBO
In short
From € 112,508 loss in 2022 to € 17,123 loss in 2025.
Paid € 93,076 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 53,912 profit.
On average € 48,000 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2024 · until 2030
since 2024 · until 2030
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Zur Domäne 49
4750 Bütgenbach
Marktplatz 1 box C+D
4750 Bütgenbach
Active since 7 March 1994
Malmedyer Strasse 2 box E
4760 Büllingen
Active since 7 March 1994
Weywertz,Lindenstrasse 23
4750 Bütgenbach
Active since 1 October 2008
Amel,An de Bareer 12
4770 Amel
Active since 1 March 2011
Place Albert Ier 3
4960 Malmedy
Active since 1 May 2014
Luxemburger Strasse 50
4780 Sankt Vith
Active since 11 September 2020
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0451.911.617
- VAT number
- BE 0451.911.617
- Registered office
- Zur Domäne 49, 4750 Bütgenbach
- Names & denominations
- HALMES
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 8 February 1994
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 20 Nov 2020
- Activities · NACE
Artisanale brood- en banketbakkerijen
Ambachtelijke vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk
Activiteiten van eetgelegenheden met beperkte bediening, muv mobiele eetgelegenheden
Niet-gespecialiseerde detailhandel waarbij voedings- en genotmiddelen overheersen
Detailhandel in brood en banketbakkerswerk (koude bakkers)
Vervaardiging van cacao, chocolade en suikerwerk
Fastfoodzaken, snackbars, frituren en dergelijke
Overige niet-gespecialiseerde detailhandel in winkels in overwegend voedings- en genotmiddelen
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